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- Converting Industry News
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- October 31, 2000, ... trends to 2004. Installations Converters Add Trim Removal Systems NEWARK, DE, USA—Precision Airconvey Corp. a mfr. of material handling, trim removal, recycling, and waste reduction equipment, reports ...
- Products
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- October 31, 2000, ... well-proven plastic media to clean rolls and features a reclaim system that allows for waste removal and also allows the plastic media to be reused over and over again. System currently can clean comfortably ...
- Digital Products for the Converting Industry
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- October 31, 2000, ... Atlanta, GA; 404/696-4565; macdermid.com Optisleeve direct-to-sleeve plate-mounting tool is said to save time and cut waste by 50%. Automated technology uses the same digital prepress files as the laser ...
- Presses and People Make a Powerful Combination
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- September 30, 2000, ... benefits are reaped when customer rejects are reduced drastically and permanently. "There is a transition," says Valestrino, "but as waste and customer rejects drop to next to nothing, it becomes obvious ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- September 30, 2000, ... transducers reportedly increase operator's ability to improve winding processes and productivity while reducing waste. According to co., features include two-point wheel suspension to prevent wheel cocking; ...
- Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It
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- September 30, 2000, ... on-time delivery, waste, and productivity." He elaborates: "If our on-time delivery is between 97 and 97.5 percent, everybody gets one percent. If it's between 97.5 and 98.5, you get two percent. An ...
- Customer Satisfaction Begins and Ends with Quality
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- September 30, 2000, ... what to see and feel," says Wisinski. "I tell them repeatedly: `Imagine this corrugated is coming to your home. How would you want it to perform and look?'" Waste Is Down, Speed Is Up "Before I came ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- August 31, 2000, ... width combinations, including inverted facestock. Adhesive capabilities include pattern gums, permanents, removables, and heavy and light coat weights. Convey Waste Matrix Adhesive Economically AirTrim ...
- For ''Friendly'' Adhesives and Coatings, You Must Prioritiz
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- August 31, 2000, ... in its intended use as a package. The primary concern here is disposal of the packaging material as waste and the biodegradation time necessary for this waste. And, when this environmentally friendly ...
- Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact
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- May 31, 2000, ... less waste. Hawkins says the industry also will see more automation in finished roll handling. "Automatic packaging, labeling, weighing, coding, the whole bit. It's established, but there needs to be ...
- It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film
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- May 31, 2000, ... packaging, partly due to trends toward more convenience foods and flexible packaging for waste reduction. Examples are the liquid-dispensing microwave pouch designed by Maxie-Mixes and the Canadian A-Pak ...
- On-Line Purchasing Saves Time, Money, and Space
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- May 31, 2000, ... gives me a lot of freedom during the day," notes Joseph Irabor, prepress manager for Arrow Industries, a Fort Worth, TX, converter of plastic food bags. "I don't have to waste time on the phone to order ...
- Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application
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- April 30, 2000, ... at web speeds that exceed 2,000 fpm. To reduce material waste, they enable web material to run closer to the core and consecutive rolls to be synchronized so their ends can be spliced together. New ...
- Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice
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- March 31, 2000, ... where tight temperature control is needed or for start/stop applications with minimal wasted product. While the initial investment may be slightly higher than with liquid-heated rollers, the long-term ...
- Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds
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- March 31, 2000, ... and manual machine adjustment (causing variable accuracy, excessive downtime, waste materials, and astronomical maintenance costs) are a thing of the past. I/O modules, programmable logic controllers ...
- FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less
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- February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...
- Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits
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- January 31, 2000, ... and holding the line on costs and waste is the key to profitability. This is the unique challenge-and opportunity-for converters. Once you have analyzed your business and truly understand where your ...
- Vision-Based System Wins the Battle Against Defects
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- December 31, 1999, ... demands consistent high quality and lower prices. This system delivers." Making Good (and More) on Promises Zohar also points to a significant reduction in waste. "Even though we're running at faste ...
- Czech retail developments could affect converters.
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- October 31, 1996, ... large Prague stores. "(Krone) is stealing from the consumer," said Radek Svitil, spokesman for the Czech environmental association Recycling Group, which specializes in waste and packaging legislation. ...
- Partnering launches future growth in laminations
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- August 31, 1996, ... suppliers are adopting proactive positions regarding the environment, seeking to have minimum negative impact on air quality, landfill disposal, and the treatment of liquid waste. To move in the direction ...